Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1887-12-16
Farm andGarden Notes.

Of the farm than to sell 1t of the same.
The better farmers understand botany
the better success might attend then
sowing seed. and better fruits and crops
might be grown.
The manure made upon the farm
should ali be employed first, and then II
there is deficiency, resort to artificial
means of supply from without.
| The bull this lie, unlike the Canada
thistle, does not propagate from under.
/ ground roots, but can easily be got rid OF
/ in two seasons by not allowing any plants
to 90 to seed.
If farmers fully appreciated the value
of wood ashes, they would take better
care OF them, and spread them upon now
ing land or apply them to growing crops
/ They contain the essential inorganic eIe-
ments of plants.
Those who have mulched tree trunks
during the summer, to retain moisture in
the soil. should be careful to remove the
coarse litter in time or it will become
refuge for mice during the winter. Again,
there may be so much mulchlng done as
to incline roots TO come too near the sur
face.
A Virginia farmer, who has been ex-
perimenting with sorghum as a fodder
crop for cows and feeding hogs, finds
that cattle eat it with relish, especially
when sOwn so thickiy that the stalks are
not larger than mans finger, and that
hogs are not only fund of it, but grow
finely on it.
Because pigs huddle together at night,
and thus keep themselves warm. many
think that shelter is less important for
them than for other stock Their feeding
place, especially, should always be
covered and protected from winds. The
PIC has little hair on its body, and is
more sensitive to cold than any other
farm stock After being huddled up
under cover all night, their exposure in
feeding is all the more likely to be in
furious.
1t has generally been supposed that
tomatoes which mature during cloudy or
rainy seasons are more acid than those
that mature in bright, hot sunshine. We
have found, however, that the late to-
matocs, which were picked of to rlpen
under cover are not so acid as those which
ripened on the vines. They are not so
igh-flavored, it is true, but still less acid.
Nearly all the tomatoes now so abundant
in the markets are ripened under cover,
and they are larger, more shapely, with
less crack and rot than the earlier supply.
-RaIral Neao Yorher.
Roots for table use should not be al
lowed to freeze, or shrink from drying.
The supply for the kitchen may be packed
in barrels or boxes, covered with dry
earth, and placed in the cellar Large
quantities should be stored in trenches.
Cabbages may also be stored in trenches.
Onions may be placed in barrels and the
hau
sets are best kept by planting, if the soil
is Open Parsley may be had when
wanted, by planting roots in a box of
soil and keeping it in the kitchen or other
light room where it will not freeze.
We have long thought that much of the
soft corn almost wasted in fattening pork
might be more pro6tasly fed to cows.
The well-fed pig rejects the soft green
cob. which in this stage has a good deal
of nutriment His digestion, contrary to
popular belief, is not as good as that of
the COW. Give the fattening pig greater
variety of food, and he will not only
thrive better but make more healthful,
if not quite so fat, pork. The corn Judi
ciouslv fed to milch COWS will give far
better returns, keeping them from grow
ing poor, as cows are apt to do at this
season when not given extra feed
We are satisfied from long experience
and observation that a great mistake is
made in ordering large size to year
old fruit trees in preference to smaller
size of two years old. First, the freight
or express charges are double. Second,
the larger trees are more likely to die be-
cause of poorer roots. in proportion to the
size of the tree Third, they can not be
packed as well and go a long journey as
safely as smaller trees. In our long eX-
perience we have found that a medium
sized , year old tree taken up and set at
the same time as a large 3 or year old
tree. will come into full bearing first and
be the healthier Popular Gardenlng-
The mystery of the formation of the
potato scab is explained by the Connect
cut Experiment Station The skin of the
potato is a layer of cork-cells, and when
injured it heals by the formation of new
cork LAYER When the tuber grows IN
water, or in wet soil, the cork layer
thickens at various points, producing
MANY little warts on the surface, and rem
dering the cuticle less resistant OF decay
If the excess of water continues for con-
siderable time, decay sets in and the
starch and tissues of the tuber become
discolored But if the decay is arrested,
the cork LAYER forms between the de-
cayed and healthy parts and the potato
is scabby.
Some farmers have tried banking up